目的利用慢病毒转染系统构建Cav 1.2基因沉默的大鼠根尖牙乳头干细胞(stem cells from apical papilla,SCAPs),探讨Cav 1.2在大鼠牙乳头干细胞成牙向分化中的作用。方法取3周龄SD大鼠,采用酶消化法获取大鼠根尖牙乳头干细胞,取第二代大鼠根尖牙乳头干细胞进行克隆平板实验鉴定其增值能力;采用慢病毒转染的方法构建Cav 1.2基因沉默Sh-Cav 1.2牙乳头干细胞及对照组Luc-Cav 1.2牙乳头干细胞,RT-PCR及Western印迹法鉴定其转染效率,并诱导其向成牙本质细胞样细胞分化;在成牙向诱导分化第10天,RT-PCR及茜素红S染色观察Cav 1.2对大鼠根尖牙乳头干细胞成牙向分化的影响。结果分离获得较强增殖能力的大鼠牙乳头干细胞,其中每200个细胞可形成6~10个克隆;荧光倒置显微镜下转染48 h,Sh-Cav 1.2及Luc-Cav 1.2均呈现绿色荧光,转染效率均达到90%;在两组细胞成牙向诱导过程中,实验组Sh-Cav 1.2牙乳头干细胞成牙相关基因DSPP的表达及钙化结节的形成均明显低于对照组Luc-Cav 1.2。结论 L型钙离子通道Cav 1.2对大鼠根尖牙乳头干细胞成牙向分化有重要作用。
Objective The stem cells from apical papilla( SCAPs) which Cav 1. 2 gene was silenced with a Lentivirus-mediated gene knock down system were constructed to clarify the effect of L-type calcium channel-Cav 1. 2 in the process of the odontoblastic differentiation of the apical papilla cells in rats. Methods The apical papilla cells were isolated from 3-weeks-old SD rats by enzyme digestion methods. Then the proliferation ability were measured by calculating the colony forming efficiency in vitro. The SCAPs were transfected with a Sh-Cav 1. 2 Lentivirus vector,while the Luc-Cav 1. 2 vector as a negative control. The expression of Cav 1. 2 gene in differentially treated SCAPs was determined by RT-PCR and Western blotting. The odontoblastic differentiation of differentially treated SCAPs was evaluated via Alizarin red S staining and detecting the expression of dentin sialoph osphoprotein( DSPP) in SCAPs. Results The SCAPs obtained from SD rats had a strongly proliferation ability,and the colony forming efficiency of isolated SCAPs was 6 to 10 clones in 200 cells. The expression of green fluorescent protein in differentially treated SCAPs were both 90% at 48 h after transfection.Besides,the expression of DSPP gene and the formation of calcific nodules were dramatically decreased in the Cav 1. 2 gene silenced SCAPs compared with the control group. Conclusion L-type calcium channel-Cav 1. 2 has a critical role in the odontoblastic differentiation of SCAPs.